Ressesive gender

[Eric Alan]

I'm having trouble thinking of a reason that I would go recessive female though.

In your collection, this may be true. You're assuming that the OP is in a similar situation and has breeder-size females waiting and ready to go. Preferably, these big girls would be virgins to avoid the possibility of retained sperm and having them produce hets that aren't actually hets. If these ladies are available, then a visual male can make sense as well. If not, then having a visual female in the rack right out of the gate to grow up in a small collection makes all the sense in the world.

Plus, there's a ton of benefit having a picture of a nice big visual recessive female sitting on eggs when it comes to selling hets - especially to a newer breeder without a foot in the door.